Electrical news and engineering . rtments of the Companys business. The building, the dimensions of which are 280 ft. x 140ft., is three storey- high, U-shaped in design, so planned asto afford the maximum amount of light throughout the wholepremises, regardless of the location of operations on the var-ious floors. The walls throughout are whitewashed, as a solu-tion to the problem of diffused light and so as to providenatural reflection both for day and night operations. Thebuilding of the mushroom type, steel and concrete construc-tion, with columns placed 20 feet on centres, there beingthre
Electrical news and engineering . rtments of the Companys business. The building, the dimensions of which are 280 ft. x 140ft., is three storey- high, U-shaped in design, so planned asto afford the maximum amount of light throughout the wholepremises, regardless of the location of operations on the var-ious floors. The walls throughout are whitewashed, as a solu-tion to the problem of diffused light and so as to providenatural reflection both for day and night operations. Thebuilding of the mushroom type, steel and concrete construc-tion, with columns placed 20 feet on centres, there beingthree sash mullen windows, with four mullens to each bay. An underground service of volts enters the base-ment of the building through day ducts. After going throughthe necessary high tension equipment and being transformedwith a ratio of 50 to 1, it is carried over T.( in. by 5 in. copperbus, which in turn runs .to a main switchboard, located in theengine room tin ft. away. The switchboard, photographs of which are reproduced. Arrangement of feeder distributing conduits are :.1 overload circuit-breakers (No. 983 Gl-19, type C, form(i. Canadian General Electric Company), with a calibration of60-150amperes. The power section of the switchboard hasa similar arrangement, with rows of breakers seven side andseven high. A large pull-box is located at the top of the switchboard,
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